Gabryszak: Sexual banter was inappropriate but mutual

9:21 PM,
Jan. 12, 2014

Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak, D-Cheektowaga, speaks in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol in Albany on June 12.

Written by

Jon Campbell
| Albany Bureau

An embattled Buffalo-area assemblyman has resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment from seven of his current and former staff members.

At a Sunday news conference in his attorney's office, Dennis Gabryszak, D-Cheektowaga, Erie County, said he has decided to "retire from the New York state Assembly." The resignation took effect immediately.

The state Legislature is scheduled to hold its first full day of the 2014 legislative session on Monday. ...